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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9855

6 March 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia
EU will not abandon Tbilissi but this will not prevent good relations with Russia, says Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Brussels, 05/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The EU will continue to provide substantial political and financial aid to Georgia and to defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in Brussels on Thursday 5 March. “We do not recognise the declarations of independence by South Ossetia and Abkhazia which are Georgian territories”, but this must not prevent the EU from having good relations with Russia (which, with Nicaragua, is the only country to have...

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